The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-26
CITY MATTERS IN GENERAL.
To-Day's Duings.

To-Day'S Do1ngs.
Butler UNIVERSITY ALUMNI-County sur
veyor's Office afternoon at ) o'clock
TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS-At county auditors Of
fee. p. NJ.
CoLFAx MONUMENT Reconsideration
Rockers Office, Thorpe Block, 2:3O p NJ.
CITY MARKET AND BUILDING COMMITTEES
OF COUNCILLORS clerks Office, evening.
CITIZENS MEETING-Oddfellows' Hall-Seventh
and Illinois streets-evenng.
ENGLISH'S OPERA-HOUSE-I.ouis A!drich in My
Partner afternoon and evening.
THE Observation-Disclosures Murray in Escaped
from Sing Sing, afternoon and evening
In Brief
Leo Schwab has been appointed a New York
commissioner of deeds for Indiana.
A marriage license was issued yesterday to
Frank w. Robinson and Clara Hendrickson
The resignation of Willis L. Barnes Repre-
sentative from Clark county was accepted by
the Governor yesterday.
meeting Of the alumni of Butler University
will be held at the county surveyors office this
afternoon at o'clock, to arrange for the reunion
in June.
A meeting Of the market and building COM
mittee has been called for this evening, at the
city clerks Office to arrange for the letting OF
stalls In the new market house.
The seven delegates appointed by the Builders
Exchange to attend the national builders con-
vention at Chicago, beginning next Tuesday,
will meet at the Exchange this evening.
The Grand Army posts of the city have been
invited to attend Decoration-day services at Ger
tral-avenue Church, by Rev. A. W. Lamport, the
pastor, who is the department chaplain, Grand
Army of tho Republic.
The councilman and aldermen of the special
committee to act with the Odd-fellows commit
tee in regard to site for the Colfax monument
will meet at Councilman Rockers Office this aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock.
SMALL LOSSES BY FIRE.
The..resdence of Otto Bigger. LAG Massachu
sets avenue, caught fire from defective fue at
4 o'clock last evening The damage was small.
At o'clock the house at "a West Fourth street.
occupied by Frank Webber. and owned by
Horny Rodenburg. was damaged. Incendaries
1t Is supposed caused the fire.
TROUBLESOME COWS
The residents of ,i.e north part of the city are
exercised about the ravages cows make on the
plants. grass and shrubs. Notification to own
ers of the cattle seems to be Intellectual, nor do
they it is said, get any relief from the police
They have hired a man to look after the rowing
animals and drive them. when they are caught
trespassing, to the pound.
A PRISONER PARoLED
John Hensley paroled, yesterday, from
*he Michigan City penitentiary. by the Govern
Or. He was sent there for two years upon a
charge of grand larceny, the act consisting in
taking horse and buggy which belonged to a
liveryman. While intoxicated Hensley talked
about selling them, but afterwards said he had
no right to the property. The Governor thinks
Hensley had no criminal intent
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN
One of the early settlers of this county, John
a. Kenyon, died at his home near Westfeld.
yesterday. of dropsy. He was sixty-one years
OF age. He was the father-in.law of Richard
ha clprk in ia a
office, and a brother-in-law to ex-Auditor Pfaf.
The funeral services will be held at Westfield to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock, and the burial
will be at Crown Hill Cemetery.
HOW BROWN AVOIDED BEING ARRESTED
Cyrus Brown, of Glenn Valley, lay in Jail two
or three weeks because he was unable to pay a
fine for selling liquor without q county license.
His friends learning that the United States mar.
shall wanted him on like charge. paid the pen
atty Thursday, and he was released. Yesterday
Deputy Marshal Taylor went after Brown, and
at the end of long and disagreeable drive,
learned that'he had gone to Missouri
ROADS GIVEN TO THE COUNTY.
The Fall Creek g. Indianapolis gravel road
four miles in length, has been for several years
past an improbable possession, and yesterday il
was turned over by the company to the County
Commissioners gift The road begins al
the State fair grounds and runs northeast
through a very productive section of country
Several short tollroads have also been offered t.
the Commissioners and will be accepted BY
them.
DEATH OF A LEADING GERMAN.
Charles Frsese of Freese g. Lawdsr furniture
manufacturers died from congestive chill a
his home on South East street last evening. II,
WAS ffty-three years of age, and came to thi.
city in 1853. when he began a very successful
career business man, in which he became
identified with many important enterprises. HI
was leader in German societies, and for fv'
years served as president of the Lyra III,
never married
INDIGNATION MEETING CALLED.
The citizens who object to the license granite.
to Kolchek to sell liquor near the baseball
grounds, in their immediate neighborhood, will
hold an indignation meeting tonight, at Odd
fellows Hail. corner of Seventh and Illinoi
streets few months ago residents OF thi
locality demonstrated against the issuance of
license to another saloon keeper to sell in tina
neighborhood but the Commissioners rule
against the citizens, who we're led by n.
Byram and others of equal prominence
NEwsBoYs' HOME ANNIVERSARY
The first anniversary services of the News
Boys and Bootblacks Home will be held to-mo,
row evening at the First Baptist Church. Th
programme will consist of Scripture reading b
Miss L. E. Reed; opening address by Rev. D,
sJeffery; "A Years Work." Miss Molle g. Hay
1.-The Street Wait and Future Citizenship" Ser
ator Benjamin Harrison; THE Newsboys' HON
and the City" Mayor Denny; Possibilities
the Home" Rev. J. A. Rondthaler. Short az
dresses will also be made by e. w. Haford an
others.
PREPARING FOR THE TAX ASSESSMENT.
The assessors of the various townships wi
meet at the county auditors Office at o'cloc
this afternoon to consider this years a
sessment Of personal property. 1t is general
agreed there will be little, il any, change frol
the schedule of last year. Assessor Quill hi
about completed his list of deputy assessors f
this city and township. There win be sixty -fy
men employed, one for each precinct in th